Browning uses the term "liberal education" in a satirical way as she describes what it teaches; "mathematics,--brushed with extreme flounce The circle of the sciences- She shows how this perceived image of liberal education, of an institution that makes one smarter or more "well rounded", only teaches you how to memorize facts. ... The trend to use bigger words to sound smarter causes the speaker to make a point different from what he means to say or to not make a point at all. ... It is important to note that while Orwell takes shots at everyday language, political speeches, news publications...

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No one is perfect and we will all make mistakes; however, we are smarter if we can just learn from others mistakes without having to encounter or go through them ourselves. ... In this case if my girlfriend and I had just taken note of the statistics that the sexual education classes had told us and applied them to our lives, we would of seen that the consequences and after effect would never had been worth the decision. But as human beings we like to experience life for ourselves so we tend not to listen to others with experience in life, or we think that noting bad can come of us; that is,...

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Lessing starts off the story with a description of three men at work on the roof during the week of the hot sun. I believe Lessing wanted to emphasize the characteristics of men of the construction class. These guys were tough, they were constantly exposed to heat, hard headed, domineering and egois...

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• Grade Level: High School